Wednesday, July 27
 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

 

THE FORUM DAILY

The deadline for the Senate to pass the bipartisan Farm Workforce
Modernization Act

is around the corner, reports Garrett Downs of POLITICO
.  

"Senator [Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)] and I are continuing to work toward
introducing a Senate companion to the House-passed Farm Workforce
Modernization Act," said Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) in a
statement. "With the high prices Americans are seeing at the grocery
store, we should pass this bill as soon as possible."  

Today at 11 a.m. EDT, the Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus

will be holding a press conference underscoring how immigration reforms
can be the solution to addressing food security, workforce shortages,
and inflation in the U.S. Among the speakers will be farmers and
agriculture leaders from across the country: Maine, Florida, Indiana,
South Dakota, and Idaho.  

Council on National Security and Immigration
leader Doug Baker, Former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush
for Homeland Security, will also be speaking on the need for immigration
reforms. Baker and Chuck Conner, president of the National Council of
Farmers Cooperatives, penned a Fox News op-ed on the subject

last month. 

For media interested in attending, please contact Bay Sheehan
for the registration link. 

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Becka
Wall, the Forum's digital communications VP. If you have a story to
share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] .  

**'NOW IS THEIR CHANCE'** - Immigrant advocates are questioning
why the Biden administration has stalled on officially ending Migrant
Protection Protocols (MPP), known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy, when
the Supreme Court ruled last month that the administration could do so,
reports Sabrina Rodriguez of POLITICO
.
"The bottom line is they've been saying they want to restore a
meaningful asylum system. Well, now is their chance to show that they
mean it," said Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the ACLU
Immigrants' Rights Project. "Their hands are no longer tied and as
long as they're no longer tied - they should make good on that
promise." The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has yet to unveil
plans on how it would terminate the policy, notes Rodriguez. Over 110
immigrant and refugee rights groups sent a letter

last week urging the administration to take concrete steps to end MPP. 

BAKER COUNTY DETENTION - Sixteen civil rights groups have filed a
102-page complaint against DHS and ICE over allegations of "abhorrent
conditions, violent abuse, medical neglect and racial discrimination" at
the Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny, Florida, reports Dan
Scanlan of The Florida Times-Union
.
"The continued disregard of the rights and welfare of people detained at
Baker proves that ICE and Baker County Sheriff's Office are unable and
unwilling to address these abuses that have been ongoing for years,"
said Andrea Jacoski, a director with Americans for Immigrant Justice.
"The only way to protect people from further harm is for ICE to
immediately release all detained there." The complaint, filed on behalf
of 15 currently or formerly detained people, also calls for the facility
to permanently shut down. 

CHILD SEPARATION POLICY - On Monday, four migrant parents who were
separated from their minor children after crossing the U.S.-Mexico
border have filed a lawsuit alleging that Trump's child separation
policy traumatized them, reports a team at NBC News
.
"Each of the four plaintiff families were separated with no notice, no
information, and no plan for reunification," per the attorneys' filing
for the plaintiffs. "For weeks, the parents and children were detained
separately, sometimes thousands of miles apart. For weeks, the parents
and children begged to be reunited. And for weeks, the government -
due to a combination of ineptitude and cruelty - refused to provide
information on their loved ones' whereabouts, well-being or whether
they would ever see each other again." Said one plaintiff and mother,
who goes by the pseudonym M.S.E.: "I thought I was never going to see my
son ever again." 

AFGHAN RESERVES - U.S. and Afghan officials are working to reach a
deal to "release billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves
held abroad into a trust fund," report Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan
Landay for Reuters
.
While there are some challenges, experts say the cash would provide
relief for the country that has had a significant decrease in foreign
aid, endured a devastating earthquake, an ongoing drought, and recent
food shortages. "We have made it clear that a future recapitalization of
the (Afghanistan) central bank and the Afghan financial system is
possible provided that reasonable and serious steps are taken to
professionalize the central bank, to enhance its AML/CFT (anti-money
laundering and counter-terrorist financing) architecture and its
independence," said Thomas West, U.S. Special Representative for
Afghanistan. 

IMMIGRANT FOUNDERS - According to a new report

from the National Foundation for American Policy, over half of startups
valued at $1 billion or more were founded by immigrants to the U.S., per
Chase DiFeliciantonio of the San Francisco Chronicle
.
Out of a total of the 582 "unicorn" startups valued at $1 billion or
more in the U.S., 319 of them, or 55%, had at least one immigrant
founder, per the report. "The findings in the study are noteworthy given
there is generally no reliable way under U.S. immigration law for
foreign nationals to start a business and remain in the country after
founding the company," the report said. Permitting startup visas to
foreign nationals who found companies would not only create jobs but
"would be a critical addition to the U.S. immigration system" said NFAP
Executive Director Stuart Anderson. 

Thanks for reading, 

Becka  

 

DONATE

 

**Follow Us**

 

[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

National Immigration Forum

10 G Street NE, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20002

www.immigrationforum.org

 

Unsubscribe from The Forum Daily

or opt-out from all Forum emails.

 
_________________

Sent to [email protected]

Unsubscribe:
[link removed]

National Immigration Forum, 10 G St NE, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20002, United States